Collector’s price guide · Updated 17 September 2026
What does that King & Country price actually tell you?
OTB Companion compares current eBay asking prices. An asking price is what a seller requests; an active auction bid is an unfinished negotiation; a completed sale is evidence of what a buyer paid. They should not be treated as interchangeable. This guide explains how to turn the catalog and listing information into a comparison you can check.
Written for collectors by Operation ToyBox. The examples below use recorded OTB marketplace summaries and clearly labeled calculation examples, not appraisals or guaranteed resale values.
Recorded asking-price examples
Archived observations from the US eBay marketplace, in USD. These are the summaries stored by OTB on the dates shown, not live offers or completed sales. Item prices exclude shipping, taxes and import charges. Automated title matching does not independently verify completeness, condition or authenticity.
| Set | Asking range | Median ask | Prices sampled | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DD127 | $59.00–$59.00 | $59.00 | 1 | 17 Sep 2026, 17:03 UTC |
| LW018 | $35.00–$49.00 | $42.00 | 2 | 17 Sep 2026, 16:59 UTC |
| CW059 | $164.95–$200.09 | $177.16 | 3 | 17 Sep 2026, 14:42 UTC |
| BBA017 | $125.00–$150.00 | $125.00 | 3 | 16 Sep 2026, 13:36 UTC |
DD127: One offer describes one seller’s ask. It cannot establish a market range.
LW018: Two offers give a comparison, but the midpoint is not evidence of a completed sale.
CW059: The median is the middle sampled ask. Check condition and contents before treating the examples as comparable.
BBA017: The stored result counted four exact matches but used three prices. Match count and pricing sample size are different measures.
Follow a set code to check current listings. Keep these examples dated: a listing can end without selling, a seller can revise the price, and a best offer can settle below the visible ask.
Work out the delivered cost first
Illustrative calculation—not actual offers: seller A asks $80 plus $18 shipping; seller B asks $92 with free shipping. Before tax, A costs $98 and B costs $92. B is $6 cheaper even though its item price is higher. “Shipping unknown” cannot be treated as free.
For a four-figure set, $98 delivered is $24.50 per figure only if all four belong to that release. A $72 group containing three figures costs $24 per supplied figure but still leaves a gap. Adding a hypothetical $30 replacement and $8 separate shipping makes completion cost $110. The apparent saving disappears—and a replacement may not be available.
Use per-figure cost for comparable figure groups. Dividing a tank-and-crew price by a catalog count does not measure the value of each person. Count the supplied components and identify what the catalog’s count actually represents.
How to assemble a useful comparison
- Identify the release. Match the code, variant and photographed contents. DD001 and DD002 both contain four figures, but DD001’s 101st Airborne group and DD002’s Rangers/29th Infantry group are different subjects. Keep bundles, individual pieces and complete sets separate.
- Check the evidence of condition. Compare seller photographs of projecting weapons, paint, attachment points, bases and packaging. “Mint in box” is a seller’s description, not an independent inspection. Do not invent a universal percentage discount for damage or a missing box.
- Separate auctions from fixed-price offers. An auction with days remaining may finish far above its current bid. A best-offer listing shows the public ask, not the private price a seller would accept.
- Compare the same currency and delivered cost. Add quoted shipping, applicable taxes and import charges. When using another eBay market, record the exchange-rate date and any payment-conversion fees separately.
- Record the sample and its limits. Two listings from the same seller may not represent two independent price opinions. A retired code describes production status; it does not establish demand or scarcity. With no reliable comparable offers, keep the value unknown.
How OTB’s pricing summary is calculated
The listing statistics prefer recognized exact matches and fixed-price listings when available. Non-positive or invalid prices are discarded. Outlier handling uses median absolute deviation for a three-price sample and an interquartile-range rule for larger samples; a filter that would leave fewer than two prices is not used. The median is the middle retained price, or the average of the two middle prices for an even sample.
The live valuation display requires at least two exact, fixed-price observations. Related listings and active auction bids do not establish that estimate. A statistical filter cannot detect every partial set, incorrectly labeled item or unusual condition, so always inspect the underlying offers. Samples are limited to the results retrieved, not every listing or transaction in the market.
For example, the median of illustrative asks $80, $90 and $100 is $90. That says where these asking prices sit; it does not prove anyone paid $90. For evidence of realized prices, inspect completed sales and confirm whether the displayed figure is the actual accepted amount. This guide does not claim access to private accepted-offer amounts.
An incorrect set match changes the calculation. Send the code, listing link and the discrepancy to operation.toybox1@gmail.com so the record can be checked.